[Tcl-bugs] [ tcl-Bugs-929892 ] cmdAH-18.2 FAILED executable

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Bugs item #929892, was opened at 2004-04-05 19:15
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Category: 16. Commands A-H
Group: current: 8.4.6
>Status: Closed
>Resolution: Fixed
Priority: 5
Submitted By: tauvan (tauvan)
Assigned to: Donal K. Fellows (dkf)
Summary: cmdAH-18.2 FAILED executable

Initial Comment:
machine: mac ppc G4 (1st PCI 400Mhz) OSX 10.1.5

as root
 result : 0  expected : 1

code:
 set gorpfile [makeFile abcde gorp.file]
 file executable $gorpfile

attributes of a makeFile:
 -group staff -owner steven -permissions 00644
 -group staff -owner root -permissions 00644

question:
 should makeFile as local be
 -group staff -owner steven -permissions 00664

support info:
 neither are executable
 open $fullName w denied as local if created as root
 Even if a process has appropriate privileges and
indicates success for X_OK, the file may not actually
have execute permission bits set.

so I'm not sure what the test is asking
just that you can stop the error message by
test cmdAH-18.2 ..... {testchmod notRoot} {...} 0
test cmdAH-18.2.1 ... {testchmod root} {...} 1

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>Comment By: Donal K. Fellows (dkf)
Date: 2004-04-06 09:59

Message:
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Hmm.  access(..., X_OK) is defined as not being required to
return useful information when running as root.  OTOH, it
isn't required to say that every file may be executed by
root either; it depends on the OS, the filesystem, and how
the FS was mounted.

Only safe thing to do is to mark the test as being notRoot;
there's no cross-platform way to check when root that
doesn't go through exactly what we want to test in this
test, which would lead to a worthless circular test.

Fixed in HEAD and 8.4 branch

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